Scotts #693 US stamps

#693 1931 12¢ 11 x 10½ Issue

12¢
Brown violet, deep brown violet

Printing Method: Rotary Press
Subject: Grover Cleveland
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 109,604,400
Scott #: 693
Issued: August 25th, 1931

Value

Used
25¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
25¢ - 50¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
80¢ - $1.50

First Day Cover

A first day cover of #693, dated August 25th, 1931

Plate #'s

#693 was issued with the following plate #'s
Number only

20543
20614
20708-09
21179-80

The Story Behind the Stamp

A perforator used on rotary press stamps

Previous stamps of this denomination had been printed with the flat plate and perforated 11. For some time the lower values had been printed on the rotary press with a 11 x 10½. It was now time to bring the values above 10¢ to have the same.